Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated with a homemade gun while on the campaign trail in July, was buried today (Sept. 27).

Like Queen Elizabeth II last week, Abe was buried in a state funeral attended by international dignitaries and surrounded by grand ritual and grieving mourners.

While an official tally has not been disclosed by the UK government, the Queen’s funeral was expected to have cost about $8.5 million. Abe’s was about $12 million, according to a Japanese government spokesperson.

Security accounted for about half of the costs, with another third going into hosting the estimated 700 foreign dignitaries, according to a BBC report.

Source: https://qz.com/shinzo-abes-funeral-was-more-expensive-than-the-queen-o-1849585843